Job summary
1x Assistant Psychologist - Band 4Hours: Full Time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday-Friday, flexible to meet the needs of the service)Base: Honeysuckle Lodge, Tickhill Road Hospital Site, DoncasterOrganisation: Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust
Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust is committed to providing the highest standard of mental health and learning disability services for the populations of Rotherham, Doncaster, North and North East Lincolnshire.
Doncaster Children and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) are seeking a committed Assistant Psychologist (Band 4) to work across our Getting Help and Getting Advice pathways.
The post holder will support and enhance the professional care of children and young people (CYP) accessing our service, contributing to psychological assessment and interventions under the supervision of our qualified Clinical Psychologist and within the framework of team policies and procedures. This role will involve supporting clinically related administration, contributing to audits, collecting service data, and assisting with research, training and service development projects.
As an Assistant Psychologist you will work as part of a multidisciplinary team and will receive regular supervision from qualified Clinical Psychologists.
Main duties of the job
The Assistant Psychologist will work within the CAMHS team across the Getting Advice and Getting Help pathways, supporting the assessment and care of children and young people (CYP) under the supervision of a qualified Clinical Psychologist.
Therole involves assisting with psychological assessments and psychometric testing (e.g. ADOS, WISC-V, ABAS), contributing to formulation and producing professional and CYP-friendly reports. The post holder will communicate sensitively with CYP, families and professionals, provide psychoeducation and support sessions, maintain accurate clinical records, and contribute to multidisciplinary and multi-agency working.
Therole also includes supporting pathway meetings, contributing to training and consultation with schools and partner agencies, participating in regular clinical supervision and professional development, and assisting with service evaluation, audit and research activities within the CAMHS service.
The post holder will hold an upper second-class honours (or higher) undergraduate degree in Psychology and entitlement to graduate membership of the British Psychological Society.
About us
Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH) employ around 4000 talented colleagues who are very much appreciated, valued, and respected.
We have a wide portfolio which includes mental health, physical health, learning disability and drug and alcohol services.
We are passionate about enhancing the quality of our service and we work hard to attract and select the right colleagues for our organisation. Our goal is to employ those who share our passion for providing first class care while remaining committed to our vision and values. Please view our Strategy using the link below:
https://www.rdash.nhs.uk/documents/clinical-and-organisational-strategy-2023-to-2028/
To find out more about working for RDaSH and the fantastic benefits we offer visit our website:
https://workwithrdash.co.uk/
We are committed to inclusive cultures and really value people in our organisation, view our Allyship video on YouTube to find out more:
https://youtu.be/WMJSkLoTk4Q
The main terms and conditions of service can be found here:
https://www.nhsemployers.org/publications/tchandbook
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please view the attached job description and person specification to view the full details about the role
We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if there are a high amount of applications
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please view the attached job description and person specification to view the full details about the role
We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if there are a high amount of applications
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- An upper second-class honours (or higher) undergraduate degree in Psychology.
- Entitlement to graduate membership of the British Psychological Society.
Desirable
- A postgraduate degree (MSc) in Psychology or other relevant area such as mental health practice or research design.
- Training in psychometric testing and/or neurodevelopmental assessment.
Experience
Essential
- Working with people with mental health difficulties for six months or more.
Desirable
- Experience of working as an Assistant Psychologist in CAMHS or elsewhere.
- Experience of working with CYP with mental health difficulties or learning needs.
- Experience of working with neurodevelopmental differences.
- Experience of working with systems around the child e.g., parents, schools, social care, or other professionals.
- Experience of multi-disciplinary team (MDT) working.
Knowledge/Skills
Essential
- High level of communication skills (written and verbal) including an ability to communicate and work in settings in which the atmosphere may be highly emotive.
- Ability to communicate sensitive information to CYP, parents and colleagues in a way that addresses psychological resistance and embeds psychological thinking.
- An understanding of the needs and difficulties of people with mental health difficulties and neurodiversity.
- Ability to apply existing psychological knowledge to a mental health context.
- An understanding of psychology applied to health care.
- Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple tasks and prioritise workload effectively.
- Ability to interact effectively with CYP with mental health difficulties.
- Ability to interact effectively with staff from all disciplines.
- Ability to work independently, reliably and consistently with work agreed and managed at regular intervals.
- Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build rapport with CYP, their families, (non-psychology) colleagues, and to work collaboratively as part of an MDT.
Desirable
- IT literate.
- High standard of report writing.
- An ability to form psychological theory-practice links to inform clinical work.
- An ability and openness to develop formulation skills and remain open-minded to other possible hypotheses, e.g., considering CYP development, attachment needs, systemic factors, underlying neurodiversity or learning needs.
- Knowledge of psychological assessment tools.
- Experience of collecting and analysing routine outcome measures.
- An interest in working with CYP with mental health difficulties and/or neurodiversity.
- Ability to self-reflect on own practice and identify areas of strength and development.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- An upper second-class honours (or higher) undergraduate degree in Psychology.
- Entitlement to graduate membership of the British Psychological Society.
Desirable
- A postgraduate degree (MSc) in Psychology or other relevant area such as mental health practice or research design.
- Training in psychometric testing and/or neurodevelopmental assessment.
Experience
Essential
- Working with people with mental health difficulties for six months or more.
Desirable
- Experience of working as an Assistant Psychologist in CAMHS or elsewhere.
- Experience of working with CYP with mental health difficulties or learning needs.
- Experience of working with neurodevelopmental differences.
- Experience of working with systems around the child e.g., parents, schools, social care, or other professionals.
- Experience of multi-disciplinary team (MDT) working.
Knowledge/Skills
Essential
- High level of communication skills (written and verbal) including an ability to communicate and work in settings in which the atmosphere may be highly emotive.
- Ability to communicate sensitive information to CYP, parents and colleagues in a way that addresses psychological resistance and embeds psychological thinking.
- An understanding of the needs and difficulties of people with mental health difficulties and neurodiversity.
- Ability to apply existing psychological knowledge to a mental health context.
- An understanding of psychology applied to health care.
- Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple tasks and prioritise workload effectively.
- Ability to interact effectively with CYP with mental health difficulties.
- Ability to interact effectively with staff from all disciplines.
- Ability to work independently, reliably and consistently with work agreed and managed at regular intervals.
- Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build rapport with CYP, their families, (non-psychology) colleagues, and to work collaboratively as part of an MDT.
Desirable
- IT literate.
- High standard of report writing.
- An ability to form psychological theory-practice links to inform clinical work.
- An ability and openness to develop formulation skills and remain open-minded to other possible hypotheses, e.g., considering CYP development, attachment needs, systemic factors, underlying neurodiversity or learning needs.
- Knowledge of psychological assessment tools.
- Experience of collecting and analysing routine outcome measures.
- An interest in working with CYP with mental health difficulties and/or neurodiversity.
- Ability to self-reflect on own practice and identify areas of strength and development.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
